Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/19

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Subject: [Leica] Old lenses and M8
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:56:04 -0700
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On Oct 19, 2009, at 11:48 AM, Richard Man wrote:

> Ah Leicaphiles, how I love them. The M7 was my first M. I still
> remember the gnashing of teeth about its un-M-ness, the automatic
> exposure, the wrong shutter turn, the OMG 1mm taller, and on and on...
> :-)
>
> (not that you were one of those of course)



the M7, which I still have, is a wonderful camera, but yes you  
troublemaker, your observation is correct...

:-)

and is the reason for my prior point...

***the obstacle to buying an M9 is not only the price, it's the number  
of e-mails one has to write before making the purchase.... ***


thank god I'm not counting,

:-)



Steve




>
> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com 
> > wrote:
>>
>>
>> feels like my M7....
>>
>
> -- 
> // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com
> // w: http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/Portfolio09/ blog:
> http://rfman.wordpress.com
> // book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/745963
>
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